Workforce Matters held its inaugural national convening for workforce funders in Washington, D.C. on November 14-16, 2022. It was fantastic to be in real life–together! We were thrilled with the turnout and grateful to all of the sponsors, speakers, workshop hosts, and moderators who made the event a success. We Read more…
Advancing Equity Through Workforce Philanthropy November 14-16 2022 | Washington, DC Learn More + Register Join your fellow workforce development grantmakers this fall for Further Together: Advancing Equity Through Workforce Philanthropy, a unique three-day gathering featuring nine workshops, two plenaries, opportunities to learn from more than a dozen experts, and Read more…
We know that many of you are working from home and perhaps feeling a bit isolated, so we’re scheduling some informal Workforce Funder Check-In Calls over the next couple of weeks. During these calls, you’ll be invited to share resources for responding to COVID-19 and economic uncertainty, ask your peers for help brainstorming solutions Read more…
Is your foundation investing in strategies to launch, accelerate, strengthen, or scale projects that help employers update their recruitment, hiring, on-boarding, retention, and advancement practices? Workforce Matters will be convening a small group of our Employer Practices Learning Network members and other grantmakers for a funder-to-funder conversation about lessons learned and anticipated Read more…
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, Lumina Foundation, Workforce Matters and The Annie E. Casey Foundation are partnering to host a one-and-a-half day funder workshop to identify opportunities for philanthropy to be inclusive of the immigrant worker perspective in “future of work” strategies. The mission of the October 3rd-4th event in San Francisco Read more…
Workforce Matters is excited to announce that we will have an in-person race equity learning network meeting in Atlanta, GA on February 26, 2019 from 11:45 am to 5 pm, followed by a networking dinner. While we are still finalizing the agenda, we know we will have some fantastic Atlanta Read more…